Maybe I'm missing something -

Maybe I'm missing something

Corbett | February 3, 2006 2:06 AM

Irene and I love going to movies. We always just show up, pick the one that's showing next, and usually we have an enjoyable time. We are not picky, and rarely if ever pan a movie. We even avoid reading reviews so we are not influenced before we go by someone else's opinions. We are pretty much total non movie snobs.

Today all that backfired. We went to see Syriana, which looked like a smart intrigue movie, great cast, fantastic screenwriter/director. Wrong.

After seeing the movie, I feel angry for spending two hours of my time watching someones expensive mess. I felt like like this is what happens when you give people who are too smart too much control over something.

I kept asking myself - Was this what they really intended the movie to be? Did they actually play it for a control group audience with smart entertainment executives in the audience, and get a positive response? Did they all sit in the editing room and say to themselves, Yeah, baby, this is the shit. This is killer footage. We have a hit here. I couldn't believe it, so I came home to read the reviews to confirm what I was feeling, and was even more surprised that it was so well liked by so many critics.

I must be missing something.

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Maoman

March 19, 2006 2:02 PM

I saw that movie a month ago. I really liked it. I thought it WAS a "smart intrigue" kind of movie. Oh well. ~shrug~ Different strokes...

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